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Development Motor-2 Still Has Uses for NASA

Posted by Warren Wong on Tuesday, November 23, 2010, In : NASA 
The DM-2 roars to life. NASA photo.

Reports of the death of NASA's Constellation program appear to have been a little premature as rocket scientists were testing Development Motor-2 (DM-2), currently the world's largest and most powerful solid rocket motor, on August 31 in static tests conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. The development of the DM-2 has been managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and despite...


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Journey Across the Surface of the Red Planet

Posted by Warren Wong on Thursday, November 11, 2010, In : Mars 

This little rock looks like it has an interesting story to tell!

 

This little meteorite is telling planetary scientists studying Mars a few things

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has been traveling across the surface of the Red Planet looking at anything that interests scientists, while making its way toward its main goal, Endeavour Crater. The latest object of study for planetary scientists playing with their toys is this meteorite NASA's planetary scientists have a...


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